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chaos
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We made a decision early on that we wanted our kids to be independent and we made a point of forcing them to sleep in their own rooms. Not that they won't be if they cosleep, different kids are different. And not at first, at first it was just so much easier to have a bassinet in our room. It is just better to establish routines and boundaries early so you will stick to them and the kid knows what to expect, in my view.
Marriage after kids is way different. Ups and down, you know. You're just in a down right now, talk to your wife and remember that all things pass and the kid does grow up quickly.
Marriage after kids is way different. Ups and down, you know. You're just in a down right now, talk to your wife and remember that all things pass and the kid does grow up quickly.
I have a 2 year old and she eats home made meals and loves broccoli. What is wrong with some people, check the video out, a toddler not yet 2 is given 6 cans of coke a day and eats 3000 + calories a day, shitty parents are shitty. The fat ass dad scoffing the whole ordeal off isnt making it better. I give her chocolate and shit, but definitely not on a daily basis, more like once a week. I feel so strong on the subject, don't feed your growing child garbage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHi_CjyRPT0
As for the sleeping problem, we moved her to her own room and bed at about 10-11 months, she just needs a bit of singing and sleeps thru the night, wakes up at 6 everyday though. God i miss sleeping in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHi_CjyRPT0
As for the sleeping problem, we moved her to her own room and bed at about 10-11 months, she just needs a bit of singing and sleeps thru the night, wakes up at 6 everyday though. God i miss sleeping in.
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Frustration is setting in. The baby isn't gaining any appreciable amount of weight and has, in fact, lost too much since she was born. The general rule is that babies are supposed to gain back up to their birth weight by the end of week 2, and that's not going to happen (she is 12 days old and still half a pound under her birth weight).
We're feeding her every 2-3 hours at this point. Not sure what else we can do to make her gain. It's starting to make me anxious, and I can't even imagine what my wife is going through.
We're feeding her every 2-3 hours at this point. Not sure what else we can do to make her gain. It's starting to make me anxious, and I can't even imagine what my wife is going through.
Cutlery
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Don't worry about it. There's so many fucking fat kids out there that they're throwing off the curve.
Unless the kid is 5lbs or something, its gonna be fine. There's a lotta shit to learn as a parent, and a half pound isn't even enough to warrant getting up off the couch.
Trust me. My kids didn't double their birth weight by the first birthday. There's nothing wrong with them, they just happen to not be fucking fat asses.
Unless the kid is 5lbs or something, its gonna be fine. There's a lotta shit to learn as a parent, and a half pound isn't even enough to warrant getting up off the couch.
Trust me. My kids didn't double their birth weight by the first birthday. There's nothing wrong with them, they just happen to not be fucking fat asses.
Ronaan
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Can't help you much there, but I'll tell you how it was for us.
Marie was born at 2525 grams, which is not a lot really. Lowest end of the spectrum, 95% are born heavier than that. The next day she was down 100 grams, and from then on she went straight upwards. 30 days later she weighed 3700g.
After 8 months, she's at ~7500 grams, i.e. 3x birth weight.
I'd see a doctor, just to be sure nothing is off.
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Dashel
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Same with my daughter in the beginning. Then suddenly the gaining kicked in. This was with my wife nursing her and me supplementing with a bottle here and there.
OneofOne
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As has been said, do not worry about this. Our son too was under what he was "supposed" to be, and the nurses had us all freaked out. Likely just caused by him not latching on quickly (took like a solid week) and he's 100% fine now, and actually on the higher side of the weight distribution for his age, though still in normal range. For such a minor amount - 8 oz - don't even think twice, seriously.
Cutlery
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Falstaff
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We have friends of friends who have a 4 month old boy who weighs like 25 pounds. Everytime he cries the mom stuffs a bottle in his face even if he isn't hungry. They were feeding him cereal when he was around 2 and a half months old which is apparently unheard of but what do I know (yet).
He seriously looks like a non-Asian version of that fat baby meme
He seriously looks like a non-Asian version of that fat baby meme
Cutlery
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Because, skinny kids are unhealthy and cause for concern.
Regarding cereal - my grandmother told me that in her day (for all her kids), they were feeding them cereal on the first day out of the hospital (extremely thinned down so it would flow thru a bottle).
Izo
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He's within the 75-90 percentile, looks fine. 7 lbs more at the same age would be monstrously above the 95 percentile.
http://medcalc.com/growth/
chaos
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It did;(
Some people do feed their kids solid food way, way too early though. And I have read something about negative effects related to that. I'll try and find a link later.